'Barfi!' wins top honours at recent awards gala

At a glittering awards function Saturday, Anurag Basu picked up the best director award while Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra carried home the best actor and best actress trophies, respectively.

Southern actress Ileana D'Cruz, who made her bow in Bollywood with "Barfi!", won the best debut female award for her performance.

The award for the best debut male went to Ayushmann Khurrana for super hit "Vicky Donor", in which he played a sperm donor.

Rishi Kapoor won the best actor in a negative role trophy for "Agneepath".

In the critics awards category, Gauri Shinde won the best debut director critics award for telling a heart-warming tale in "English Vinglish", best actor female critics award went to Deepika Padukone for "Cocktail"; best actor male critics award was given to Irrfan for playing the steeplechase-runner turning into a dacoit in the ravines of the Chambal in "Paan Singh Tomar".

Anurag Kashyap-directed "Gangs of Wasseypur", a gritty celluloid saga of the coal mafia and blood thirsty vengeance, won the best film critics award.